Game 7 : Panthers vs Flyers
Location : Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia PA
Time : 7:00 pm
TV / Radio : NBCSports Philadelphia – 97.5 The Fanatic
Records : FLA 4-2-1 | PHI 4-2-0
Previous Game : FLA L 2-4 vs CHI | PHI L 0-3 vs SJS
Odds : Panthers -1.5 | O/U 6.0
The Philadelphia Flyers look to bounce back after their worst performance of the season so far. Tonight, look to avenge last week’s loss to the Florida Panthers.
Rasmus Ristolainen will make his season debut. Ristolainen missed the first six games of the season with a lower-body injury.
Owen Tippett, who suffered a concussion in Game 1, will return to the lineup. Tippett will enter the lineup for James van Riemsdyk who will be out at least a month with a broken finger.
Tanner Laczynski, who has established himself as the Flyers 4th center, will not be in the lineup tonight. Head coach John Tortorella said “Laz” (Laczynski) has a family matter he is dealing with.
The Flyers vs Panthers matchup has been bad to the Flyers recently. Losing four straight meetings. Including losing seven of last nine meetings. The Flyers have just two wins against the Panthers since 2018.
Carter Hart will make his 5th start of the season. Hart is 2-0-0 with 2.00 GAA & .940% in 2-starts at home this season.
Betting Guide
Last Game: 0-3 | On the season: 9-9 / Last Season: 134-112
PHI ML +175
Kevin Hayes 0.5 Points OVER -115
1st Period Total Goals 0.5 OVER -125
Active Streaks
| NONE |
Flyers Projected Lineup
86 Joel Farabee – 13 Kevin Hayes – 11 Travis Konecny
49 Noah Cates – 21 Scott Laughton – 74 Owen Tippett
23 Lukas Sedlak – 48 Morgan Frost – 57 Wade Allison
44 Nic Deslauriers – 17 Zack MacEwen
9 Ivan Provorov – 77 Tony DeAngelo
6 Travis Sanheim – 61 Justin Braun
24 Nick Seeler – 54 Egor Zamula
55 Rasmus Ristolainen
79 Carter Hart
(32 Felix Sandstrom)
Scratches
25 James van Riemsdyk (INJ) , 58 Tanner Laczynski , 89 Cam Atkinson (INJ)
Injuries
14 Sean Couturier – Week-To-Week (9/22), Upper-Body Injury (9/19)
25 James van Riemsdyk – Out Indefinitely (10/26), Broken Finger (10/23)
38 Patrick Brown – Week-To-Week (9/22), Offseason Back Surgery
46 Bobby Brink – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Offseason Hip Surgery
89 Cam Atkinson – Day-To-Day (10/12), Upper-Body Injury (9/25)
94 Ryan Ellis – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Torn Psoas (9/22)
